Use Microsoft Word Shortcuts

You probably use Microsoft Word every day, as it is a very popular word processor these days, and rather convenient to use. Below are some helpful commands that may make Microsoft Word even more convenient for you. Keep in mind that a few may be different for your particular version of Microsoft Word, but at least several you will find helpful and novel to you.

Steps

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Double left click, or highlight, and then drag the mouse - You may already use "Ctrl + C" for copying content, and "Ctrl + V" for pasting

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That will work always, but you can cut and paste content more easily if you first double-click, or click and hold down the mouse for all text that you desire to cut and paste. Just drag the content once you have double-clicked or highlighted, and release the mouse at the desired location.

Easily add toolbar buttons - If you ever are searching for a shortcut for a command, and it is nowhere to be found, you can post it for use at the toolbar easily

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You can set any command for easy access this way. First, go to "View" at the top of the home page. It's the farthest right heading, and near the center of your screen. From "View", go to "Toolbars" > "Customize Toolbars" > "Commands", and scroll to the command that you desire. Now press down the left-click mouse button and drag the desired command to wherever you want it on the Toolbar.

Insert "Quick Parts" - This is similar in function to the "Autotext" feature in the old versions of Word

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Let's say that you have an excerpt or paragraph that you must add repeatedly to new text, such as an address, or perhaps instructions that you find yourself re-typing to many people. You can save a lot of time and trouble by automatically inserting that text. You can transform it to what's called a "Quick Part". Follow these simple steps for all "quick parts":

Highlight the text that you must repeatedly write.

Left-click the "Insert" tab. It is just to the right of the "Home" tab on the upper left part of your Microsoft Word screen.

Now hit "Quick Parts", which is near the right side at the top of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.

At the bottom of the menu, select "Save Selection to the Quick Part Gallery".

You can now insert that section of text into any page you are writing by hitting the "Quick Parts" tab. Click one more time to choose the Quick Part to be inserted. You can use this feature to conveniently add such repeated texts as letterheads or personalized logos.

For your convenience, you can easily put all of your most often used commands together in one spot.

Click the tiny black "down arrow" in the upper left corner of the page.

It will bring up the "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" drop-down menu.

Click "More commands", which will allow you to add whatever icon to be posted on your toolbar that is in the menu.

There is a check box that you can check mark at the bottom of the menu next to the text "Show Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon" if you wish to have the Quick Access Toolbar in that location. This will place it closer to your Word document's text.

List of key shortcuts in Microsoft Word

Most of us knows how to use the Microsoft Windows Word but do not know how to use the shortcut keys. To easily accessing some options and too lame of moving the mouse pointer and wanted to make it easy by simply pressing some keys on the keyboard. See the list of those shortcut keys while you are using the Windows Microsoft keys.

Those mentioned above are the basic and the most important that you take note for doing shortcuts upon making documents, instead of click a bunch of options to go to. Simply press the keyboard keys to easily access those options in your Microsoft Word.